Freestyle is a music genre featuring Latin percussion, not freestyle rap like most would assume. Last June, the Explosion, which also took place at the arena, featured Stevie B, Lisa Lisa, Stacey Q and Nu Shooz among others.

Tickets for this year’s Explosion range from $37.50-$50. Show starts at 8 p.m.

Changing gears, the Beaumont Cherry Festival has announced a diverse lineup with pop rock’s Smash Mouth, funk band War and soul’s Brenton Wood among other groups.

Attendees can expect to hear a lot of hits at the festival, which takes place June 4-7 at Stewart Park, 650 E. Ninth St., in Beaumont.

San Jose’s Smash Mouth (known for the late 1990’s earworms “Walkin’ on the Sun” and “All Star”) and Wood (late 1960’s “Gimme Little Sign” and “Oggum Boogum”) are set to play June 6. Smash Mouth goes on at 9 p.m. and Wood has the earlier set at 6 p.m., while War (1970’s “Low Rider” and “The Cisco Kid) are scheduled for 5 p.m. June 7.

Festival admission is $5 for adults, $3 for youths age 3-11 and free for children age 5 and younger. A family night takes place June 4 with admission $3 for adults, $2 for children ages 11-6 and free for ages 5 and younger. There is no extra charge for the entertainment and there is free parking onsite as well as shuttle service from a Walmart parking lot (1540 E. Second St.) and the Beaumont Sports Park (corner of Brookside and Beaumont avenues). Taking the shuttle will get festivalgoers $1 off festival admission.

Moving from freestyle and oldies music into what this band’s Facebook page describes as “Asian Psychedelic,” Long Beach’s Dengue Fever has an April 18 date set at Rhino Records, 235 Yale Ave., in Claremont.

The show is part of Record Store Day and is in support of the band’s latest release “The Deepest Lake” set to come out on TUK TUK Records in vinyl, CD and digital formats. Dengue Fever has been putting out albums since 2003, with its last effort “Girl From the North EP” in 2013.

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